Suppobt and lock fob gates



L. D. GREGG.

SUPPOR'I AND LOCK FOR GATES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, I918.

" 1,318,550. Patented Oct. 14,1919.

IHI OOLUMIIA PLAMIAPH CG, WASHINGTON, B. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Lauren. GREGG," or neemsgcx, new meenwesexenon rrer 'imltfm comm, LIMITED, 01! NEWIBURGH, NEW 201m, A oemomnoir OF NEW YbRK;

surrbem' Am) Lock i011 e'i'fie.

speuifieation'of Letters Patent.

*Befit k'nown t at I, Lotus; 1 Gliitee, a citizen of the Untited' States of Americw,e1ic 1 a resident of fit'tbkefis'aiek New Jerefi'lieve imfetiteHe, new and tsehh Impfdirement in pressure xerted against the gets b the lbtid tends to bind the releasable catehes heretofore used, so as to render diflicult the release of theetttch;

The abject of the present invention is to provide a secure gtite-stipport or leakingifletiii, which e'ajn lie 'rfeadll'y feleased. The maifi f'atlil'e flf the invention comprises" a. bar dettmhabiy se'ufl, intefmedmte' its efids; 176' the gate r other hinged member, to'ektefid across the pivot of the gate when irtewsed petition,- sethat the'twb ends of the Bar" Will bear respectively against the fte'aliii agt'tiht' thecaf-sill or Othe'flejlfit wely-stttti nary body; Amongijother fee,- tlittf '(if' the invefitidifatie': a p'feieffel fbrrfn df detedhttble sup'peft ordieengegeablecfolieating-mean for said her; me gn's' for; at-

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means which will old th a y d closed position'and the engaged (as in Fig. 1), it will be seen the supporting-bar 6 constitutes a lever of the first order, with a detachable support upon stud 7; and that any outward movement of the gate against that end of the lever is prevented by the opposition of the bearing-surface 2 against the other end of said lever. In order to release the gate, it is only necessary to raise the several supporting-bars or levers 6 sufliciently to dis engage the hooks from their respective studs 7,as by a smart blow, with a hammer, upon the lower end of each of the supportingbars. This drives the bars upward (which is permitted by their slot and-pin connection), and disc ages the hqoks (as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1) whereupon the gate will swing out, an drop down into the position indicated by Fig. 3. Preferably the supportin -bar is bent, as shown, so that merely its emf-portions will abut against the swingin -member and the relatively-stationary sur ace, in order to diminish the frictional resistance to the longitudinal move ment of the bar, in disengaging the catches.

When the bar is thus unlatched, the shoulders 9 serve as a stop, abutting against the outer ed es of the stake-members, to prevent the bar om swinging out more than (say) 90 de rees; and this insures that the lower end 0 the bar will not strike the ground and revent the gate from swin ing downfreely, into the position indicated y Fig. 3.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has thus been set forth in considerable detail, but only for the sake of clearness; since the invention is not limited to the particular construction and arrangement of 4 parts disclosed, but can obvioiisly' be expressed in various other forms. For example, instead of usingthe stud-and-hook connection set forth, the supporting-bar may bemaintained with its two ends'bearing against the closed gate'iihd againstthebearing-surface 22' res 'ectively, by any suitable bar firmly in position and can be readily disconnected.

The invention having been thus "fully described, what is claimed isz j 1. The combination of arelatively-stationsuch as a car-sill presenting a bearing-sui' ace, a swinging member such as a car-gate pivotedtheretmfand a baron the outer sideof said member and detachably connected thereto intermediate the ends of said her; said ends abutting respectively against said memberwhen in closed position and against sa d surface. so

2. The combination oi a relatively-stationary bod such asaa' gcap-s ill presenting a bearlug-S111 ace, a sw ng ng member such as ,a

'car-gate'fp yoted thereto, a bar whose two ends abut res ectively against said member when close position and against said surcatch-inembers 7-8; face,

that located intermediate the ends of said bar and and disengageable connecting-members garried respectively by said gate and said 3. The combination of a relatively-stationary body presenting a bearing-surface, a swinging member pivoted thereto and carrying near its pivot one of two catch-members, a bar carrying intermediate its ends the complementary catch-member and abutting at its two ends against said surface and against said swinging member when closed, said bar beinglongitudinally movable to engage and disengage said catc -members.

4. The combination of a relatively-stationary body presenting a bearing-surface, a swinging member pivoted thereto and carrying near its pivot one of two catch-members, a bar loosely connected at one end to the swinging member so as to permit vertical movement and carrying intermediate its ends the complementary catch-member and abutting at its two ends against said surface and against said swinging member when closed.

5. The combination of a relatively-stationary body presenting a bearing-surface, a swinging member pivoted thereto and carrying near its pivot a stud, and a bar carrying intermediate its ends a hook adapted to engage said stud, said bar abutting at its two ends against said surface and against said swinging member when closed, and being longitudinally movable to engage and disengage said hook and stud.

6. The combinationof arelatively-stationary body presenting a bearing-surface, a swinging member pivoted thereto and carrying near its pivot a catch-member, a bar havlng at one end a slot-and-pivot connection with said swinging member, and a complementary catch-member carried intermediate the ends of said bar and adapted to en age the firstnamed catch-member, said bar a utting against said surface and being longitudinally movable to engage and disengage said catch-members.

7. The combination of arelatively-stationary body presenting a bearing-surface, a swinging member pivoted thereto and carrylng near its pivot a catch-member, a'bar whose upper end is loosely pivoted to said swinging-member, means to limit the outward swing of said bar, and acatch-member carried intermediate the ends of said bar and adapted to engage and disengage the first-named catch-member, the two ends of said bar adapted to abut respectively against said surface and against said swinging memher when closed.

8. Thecombination with a relatively-stationary body presenting a. bearing-surface and a ,seeon body hinged to sw' outward therefrom, of a bar entirel outsi e of both of said bodies and adapted to bear against swing outwardly, of a stake-bar attached at its upper end to said gate by pivot-and-slot connection and hearing at its lower end against said underframe, and disengageabie locking-members located intermediate the ends of said bar, and carried respectively by said gate and said bar, for maintaining the ends of said bar in bearing-contact against said gate and under-frame, in order to support said gate in closed sition.

In testimony whereo I have signed this specification.

LOUIS D. GREGG.

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